2023 Finalist AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

STARRED REVIEW! "A fun series that kids will enjoy."--Booklist starred review



Meet a rodent with a life-saving sense of smell.



Magawa is an African giant pouched rat with a special skill: sniffing out buried land mines. Follow this HeroRat from training at a university in Tanzania, to working in the field in Cambodia, to winning a gold medal for her efforts to make land safe for humans and animals once again.